Solar electricity imports from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe

Trieb, Franz; Schillings, Christoph; Pregger, Thomas; O'Sullivan, Marlene

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.091

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“…We apply an inflation and exchange rate to all components of technology costs, according to the reference date of publication and the projected date they are based on [73]. The resulted LCOEs include transmission costs to the extent that the model accounts for line losses, which is consistent with approaches taken in previous studies of regional energy systems [45,74,75]. Finally, we consider the possible constraints that geographic factors could impose on the scaling up of domestic renewable power in Switzerland, and imported offshore wind and CSP.…”

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“…Although these restrictions are accounted for, the amount of electricity from wind would, however, be sufficient to fulfill about 78% of the projected electricity demand in Europe in 2030 (5100 TWh/year). Regarding CSP, we use estimates made by Richts [42], Greenpeace, SolarPACES and ESTELA [61], Trieb, Schillings, Pregger, and O'Sullivan [75]. Figure 2 illustrates the relative roles of particular technologies, according to different scenarios.…”

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Do We Need Gas as a Bridging Fuel? A Case Study of the Electricity System of Switzerland

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Many future electricity scenarios, including those from the International Energy Agency, use natural gas to bridge the transition to renewables, in particular as a means of balancing intermittent generation from new renewables. Given that such strategies may be inconsistent with strategies to limit climate change to below 2 • C, we address the question of whether such use of gas is necessary or cost effective. We conduct a techno-economic case study of Switzerland, using a cost optimization model. We explore a range of electricity costs, comparing scenarios in which gas is used as a source of base-load power, a source of balancing capacity, and not used at all. Costs at the high end of the range show that a complete decarbonization increases system-wide costs by 3% compared to a gas bridging scenario, and 13-46% compared to a carbon-intensive scenario, depending on the relative shares of solar and wind. Costs at the low end of the range show that system-wide costs are equal or lower for both completely decarbonized and gas bridging scenarios. In conclusion, gas delivers little to no cost savings as a bridging fuel in a system that switches to wind and solar.

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“…On the other hand, the development of renewable energy has created a lot of interest in the production of solar electricity in the Maghreb region for export to Europe. The solar electricity imports from CPS produced in Maghreb and buffered by local thermal energy storage are proved able to provide renewable base load and balancing power that is badly needed for sustainable European electricity mix [26]. All the aforementioned reasons strongly drive the Maghreb countries to merge their different national electricity systems into a larger and regional market that integrated with European electricity market.…”

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Review of Middle East energy interconnection development

Zhang

Song

et al. 2017

J. Mod. Power Syst. Clean Energy

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In recent years, the Middle East region countries have experienced rapid population and economy growth, which has resulted in large increase of energy and power demand. Although the traditional fossil fuels remain the majority for supplying the domestic demand, additional generating capacity and fuel supply are necessary according to current situation and future demand forecast. The renewable energy provides an alternative resource for satisfying demand, especially in this region with high potential of solar and wind energy. Besides the development of renewable energy, interconnected electricity networks also enable the cross-border power exchange to fulfil electricity demand. Many Middle East countries have already started developing renewable energy and reforming the national power sector for regional electricity integration. However, none of them has already implemented their targets and the challenges are still huge. This study reviews current conditions of electricity and energy interconnection development, and analyzes the process of regional electricity network integration and national power sector reforms and provides suggestion for regions' plan. Finally, the technology developments for future power grid interconnection and renewable energy integration are also reviewed.

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“…There are several projects and initiatives focus on the development of a M-HVDC (Multiterminal-HVDC) grid. Examples of that are the European supergrid or the DESERTEC projects [6,7]. The main concept of both projects is to create a pan-European system to integrate a large amount of renewable energy resources to the AC grid.…”

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Primary and secondary power control of multiterminal HVDC grids

Egea‐Àlvarez¹,

Beerten²,

Hertem³

et al. 2012

10th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2012)

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The article introduces a hierarchical control structure for Multiterminal High Voltage Direct Current (M-HVDC) systems. The presented hierarchy is similar to the control structure of the classical AC systems divided in primary, secondary and tertiary control. The design and interaction between the secondary, or power control, and the primary controllers, or voltage control, are discussed. Furthermore, the operation characteristics and operation points are commented. Some scenarios have been simulated in order to test and verify the proposed method including a power reference change and a grid side converter disconnection.

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Solar electricity imports from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe

Cited by 106 publications

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Do We Need Gas as a Bridging Fuel? A Case Study of the Electricity System of Switzerland

Do We Need Gas as a Bridging Fuel? A Case Study of the Electricity System of Switzerland

Review of Middle East energy interconnection development

Primary and secondary power control of multiterminal HVDC grids

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